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Old 03-07-2012, 03:27 PM   #235
howard_the_duck
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Originally Posted by Otsy View Post
How many 80 yard field goals did Akers make? Smith had troubles in the red zone. Not all his fault, doesn't have that big red zone receiver. Smith still moved them into position for all those field goals. Harbough opened up the playbook more and more as the year went on. He's not Peyton Manning by any stretch of the imagination, but Crabs is not a #1 receiver and with a bunch of number 3 receivers or worse opposite crabs, they were bound to fail eventually when they met a smart defense. That being said they lost in OT of the NFC Championship game. Far cry from where a lot of people predicted them to finish and that was largely due to the way Smith led them. That weak division thing just is a cop out. They play 16 games, but only 6 against their division. They had 8 non division wins, 2 against playoff teams on the road.
There would be no issue with a bunch of number 3 receivers if Manning was throwing them the ball. I'm with Rube, SF should be all over this.

Alex Smith is not the answer.
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